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Title Drinking arak off an ayatollah's beard : a journey through the inside-out worlds of Iran and Afghanistan / Nicholas Jubber.
Author Jubber, Nicholas.
Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2010.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  915.5045 JUB    Check Shelves
Edition 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Description x, 327 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-327).
Summary Documents the author's investigation of daily life in Iran and Afghanistan, from religious shrines to illegal dance parties, and his use of Ferdowsi's epic poem "Shāhnāmeh" as a key to past and present conflict in the region.
Subject Iran -- Description and travel.
Afghanistan -- Description and travel.
Jubber, Nicholas -- Travel -- Iran.
Jubber, Nicholas -- Travel -- Afghanistan.
Firdawsī. Shāhnāmah.
Iran -- Social conditions -- 1997-
Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Social conflict -- Iran.
Social conflict -- Afghanistan.
ISBN 0306818841 : $15.95
9780306818844